Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart by donnica59

donnica59 - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

donnica59

Apr 29, 2025 08:33pm

<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/YWJ7/864abc1817_KHGO_media.gif"> "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" is a 1935 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">popular song</a> with words and music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F._Hanley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">James F. Hanley</a>.It was introduced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Le_Roy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Hal Le Roy</a> and Eunice Healey in the Broadway revue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbs_Up!_(musical)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Thumbs Up!</a>. <ul><li>The most notable recordings were made by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Judy Garland</a>, who recorded it numerous times, including in the 1938 film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen,_Darling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Listen, Darling</a> and for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Decca Records</a> in 1939.</li><li> It later became a standard number in her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_at_Carnegie_Hall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">concerts</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Judy_Garland_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">TV shows</a> when she performed it as an up-tempo arrangement by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Riddle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Nelson Riddle</a> from her 1958 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_in_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Capitol album</a></li><li>In 1941 a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Soundie</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">short film</a> was made of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_French" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Eleanor French</a> singing "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart".</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kirby_Stone_Four" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">The Kirby Stone Four</a> - Baubles, Bangles, And Beads (1958)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coasters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">The Coasters</a> released a rock & roll version in April 1958 as the flip side of their #1 hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Yak" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Yakety Yak</a>"</li><li>This version would inspire the British band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Move" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">The Move</a> to record the song in the late '60s</li><li>In 1962, the song was recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Furys_(doo-wop_group)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">The Furys</a></li><li> </li><li>In December 1960, after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Frank Sinatra</a> founded his own music label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprise_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Reprise Records</a>, he recorded his rendition of the song</li><li>In 1972, a recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trammps" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">the Trammps</a> reached No. 17 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Billboard</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Best Selling Soul Singles</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">chart</a> and No. 64 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Hot 100</a>.</li><li>It reached No. 29 in the UK in 1974.</li></ul> Thanks Wiki<ul><li> </li></ul>